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The Buttons extension for DataTables provides a common set of options, API methods and styling to display buttons on a page that will interact with a DataTable. The core library provides the based framework upon which plug-ins can built.

There are four plug-ins that are part of the core Buttons software providing various utilities:

* HTML5 export buttons - Copy to clipboard; Save to Excel, CSV and PDF
* Flash export buttons - Copy to clipboard; Save to Excel, CSV and PDF for older browsers
* Print view
* Column visibility buttons

Other extensions for DataTables also provide buttons - [Editor](https://editor.datatables.net) for example make the `e-button create`, `e-button edit` and `e-button remove` buttons available.

The examples presented here give an introduce to how Buttons can be used, the API and its various core plug-in buttons.

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